Local Startup EquiSeq Receives Second Issued Patent
EquiSeq, an Albuquerque-based startup specializing in equine genetics, has reached a big milestone with the issuance of its second U.S. patent. By utilizing a noninvasive method of detecting inherited muscle diseases in horses with a simple hair sample, the company’s DNA testing technology easily identifies damaging genetic variants across different breeds.
Local Startup Daisy Genomics Raises $2.5M to Scale Locally
Albuquerque-based startup Daisy Genomics, formerly Armonica Technologies, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding led by Cottonwood Technology Fund and Tramway Venture Partners to advance its innovative DNA and RNA sequencing platform.
UNM Rainforest Innovations Announces Awardees Receiving 2026 Gap Funding
The Wellborn Gap Fund, recently named after UNM Rainforest Innovations’ first president Charles Wellborn, provides funding to support the advancement and commercialization of innovative technologies developed at the University of […]
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Set to Begin for UNM-Developed Alzheimer’s Vaccine
The University of New Mexico has received critical early-phase funding to support the launch of a clinical trial for a new Alzheimer’s vaccine, developed by scientists at the University of […]
TS-Nano Secures $700K Canadian Grant to Advance Eco-Friendly Cement Tech
TS-Nano, a startup spun out of the University of New Mexico (UNM) and headquartered at Albuquerque’s BioScience Center, is making waves in the oil and gas sector with its eco-friendly […]
Local startup Pajarito Powder Secures Funding by Hyundai and Kia to Advance Hydrogen Technology
Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Corporation have invested in Albuquerque-based start-up company Pajarito Powder which concluded the start-up’s B-3 funding round to further advance its hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer […]
UNM Rainforest Innovations Announces Awardees Receiving 2025 Gap Funding
The Gap Fund @ UNM provides funding to support the advancement and commercialization of innovative technologies developed at the University of New Mexico (UNM). The goal of the program is […]
ShearIT Secures $490k NIH Grant for Stroke Treatment Research
A local startup, ShearIT, LLC, has been awarded $490k in funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to support their Phase I (proof of concept) research for their utilization […]
Series A Funding Awarded to Nob Hill Therapeutics to Advance Breakthrough Respiratory Technologies
Nob Hill Therapeutics, Inc. (NHT), an early-stage company developing innovative treatments for lung diseases, has secured $3 million in Series A funding led by Tramway Venture Partners, with participation from […]
Five Businesses That Spawned from UNM Patents
Albuquerque Journal By Ryan Boetel, Journal Business Editor July 29, 2024 It’s s a matchmaker. But instead of shooting arrows like Cupid, the University of New Mexico Rainforest Innovations plays […]